The Cool Gadget Guide
Last month, Google chairman (and former CEO) Eric Schmidt hinted that a Nexus tablet will be coming within the next six months. He didn’t actually use the word “Nexus”, but there was talk of a tablet produced (at least in part) by Google. Visions of a 10-inch, quad-core, Ice Cream Sandwich-running iPad competitor danced through
By being both slovenly and the type of person that expects technology to solves my problems, I’ve found that I’m the ideal consumer for robotic floor cleaners. For some now I’ve been using iRobot’s Roomba 560 robotic vacuum cleaner, but I’ve also used the Neato XV-11 to see how it compared. Finally I’ve just given
If you’re looking to add a certain visionary co-founder of Apple to your Star Wars, He-Man, and Ninja Turtles action figure collection, you may want to act soon. Chinese company In Icons is in hot water with Apple over the sale of a 12-inch Steve Jobs doll that merges Silicon Valley with the Uncanny Valley.
Though you may have thought 2011 was already the year of the tablet, 2012 is shaping up to really be the year of the tablet — and we’re not even a full week in yet. Apart from the possible arrival of a new iPad model or two, it looks like the Android tablet price war
There’s already been plenty of talk about the inevitable successor to the Xbox 360. Microsoft began expanding its design team earlier this year, and we’ve heard plenty of tantalizing details about its hardware. AMD claims its graphical muscle is capable of rendering Avatar-like visuals and the second generation Kinect sensor is reportedly sharp enough to
Logitech is one of the most well known peripheral makers out there, and it has a healthy selection of rodents available for most people’s needs. Its latest mouse attempts to shake things up a bit though, by moving away from the standard shape and adding additional functionality when in your hand rather than on your
The older geeks among you will probably count coffee and cola as your top beverages to see you through all night gaming sessions and long days at the office. The younger crowd most likely list Mountain Dew and other energy drinks too. The health benefits, or lack there of in such sugar and chemical-rich drinks
Quick boot options have been used on plenty of laptops before–like HP’s QuickPlay, the instant-on media mode developed by CyberLink for its Pavilion line. While the newly-announced Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Hybrid (which you may have seen here before) is shipping with an instant-on option of its own, it’s been done in a very unique way:
Viruses take the blame for a lot of deleted information and malicious activity occurring on computers. But this latest incident involving a virus infection is a lot more serious than someone losing important documents or even having their bank accounts compromised. A murderer who was convicted in a Miami court is getting a retrial because
Microsoft Flight, the game to rise from the ashes of Flight Simulator, is going free-to-play and finally taking off this spring. The PC-only game will let players start flying for free around Hawaii’s Big Island in the ICON A5, a new concept small plane aiming for real-world production this year. In true free-to-play fashion, the
